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Traditional_Story834 t1_j9w4cib wrote

Reply to comment by OathOfFeanor in It seems like we havent heard anything about carbon nanotubes for almost a decade. is there anything exciting involving those these days? by mintysmellshowntell

This stuff is why they are designing new bunker busters for the military, This stuff is like 10-20x stronger then normal rebar reinforced concrete and actually stop current ones used by the US. .Hopefully we see it used for the beginnings of the foundations of a space elevator or something and not just bunkers.

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Traditional_Story834 t1_j7chmfy wrote

Reply to Is the yearly cycle of varying daylight durations from day to day throughout time consistent? Is the cycle we have today the same as in the 17th century? by meellowstar

They are fairly consistent but will vary over time and would not be the exact same every year. It depends on the time scale you choose. The differences are small in the year to year. Main thing to check out is precession, it takes the earth 26,000 years to complete one precession, part of the yearly difference you see. Also things like large earthquakes tend to speed up the rotation, think a figure skater pulling their arms to their body during a spin.

Another thing I would consider is the fact time zones didn't exist back then like now, not sure you could confirm their 8 and 10 pm were in fact the same 8 and 10 pm they experience today as time zones didn't exist until after the 1880s.

Also the time they would need light will vary between those two times in the evening as they represent the extremes between the two seasons. So at the height of summer your good until 10pm, the bottom of winter you need it at 5pm, but in the middle of fall you might need it at 7:30pm.

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Traditional_Story834 t1_j6o7640 wrote

Reply to comment by Longjumping_Hawk_951 in Which game sequel is better than the original? by illbeurHuckleberry69

Yeah the game was more intense with the player hostile system, never knew who your friends were, lots of paranoid scenarios that played out whenever someone new joined lol. Pk vs PKK started in diablo 1 lol. The old ear trade will always be missed by me. D2 was the death of all of that. Nice to see some games emulate it in a way, it honestly felt similar as random encounters with other players in games like tarkov.

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Traditional_Story834 t1_j4hdse8 wrote

Reply to Is there an upper limit on the size of a ship? by LilyFish-

There are material limits to how large you could make something. The compressive strength and the tensile strength of materials would be the main limiting factor. Going beyond those limits and the structure would collapse or fall apart under it's own weight. If you went to space you could theoretically make much larger ships, but they would have the same limits in their material properties and would have to be mindful of the inertial forces when maneuvering the ship. The wrong gravity well and everything would rip itself apart.

Just think about the largest buildings in the world, why is it so difficult to build the tallest building? Now imagine that building moving around bobbing on the ocean.

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Traditional_Story834 OP t1_iybn8kx wrote

Reply to comment by kheq in Are there any online multiplayer pc games being developed that will utilize the pluton processor for window 11? by Traditional_Story834

Yes, technology progresses. And this is the standard it is progressing towards. Don't get me started on planned obsolescence, it is an entirely different beast on it's own. Useless deflection. This is already being added to new mobos, it's not an idea it's reality. It's like when any other new and better tech comes along it becomes the new standard. You may as well be complaining you can't play warzone on windows 95.

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Traditional_Story834 OP t1_iy9pv4b wrote

Reply to comment by LePoopScoop in Are there any online multiplayer pc games being developed that will utilize the pluton processor for window 11? by Traditional_Story834

Lol it's a data point reference to give an idea of the situation vs what is reported by banwaves. How does asking a question about the utilization of available hardware = me being mad? Lol you are just another kid who has something to lose.

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Traditional_Story834 OP t1_iy9mt5y wrote

Reply to comment by livipup in Are there any online multiplayer pc games being developed that will utilize the pluton processor for window 11? by Traditional_Story834

They favor it's presence during online match making, if you have the chip, you get matched against other players who also have it. Players without it would not be able to access the same servers. The amount of technical expertise to fake the chip and the layer of security it provides will drastically impact unskilled hackers ability to produce cheats.

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Traditional_Story834 t1_ix4kis5 wrote

Reply to How do insects survive winter? How do northenly climates have any insects? by failedtalkshowhost

I know Bee's can generate heat by vibrating, they can generate so much they use it as a defense for the hive. Invaders get surrounded and are actually cooked to death. It's how some species have been dealing with murder hornets. Some will make a ball of bees that trade being on the outside and the inside to preserve as much of the hive as possible. Depending on where they are only the queen and a handful of drones will survive. Sometimes they all survive if they are in your attic.

As for other insects, the frost line is something like 4-6 feet below the surface so stuff like ants that live underground are completely fine. Anywhere sheltered from the wind that has biological processes will often stay above freezing. If you crack open a haybale in the middle of winter, just it rotting can cause the middle to be steaming it is so warm. People stranded on the prairies have climbed inside them to survive. Anything that is sheltered and stays out of the wind can survive 1000x longer then most people realize.

And there's eggs and larva that have natural antifreeze that just freeze no problems at all.

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